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| Boy, 16, becomes first to overdose on 'Olympics' The current craze sweeping the nation of doing Olympics has claimed its first victim today, with a boy - who cannot be named - dying of acute over-excitement after consuming over 30 'tickets' of the... |
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quango | 30.07.12 8:07am dvo4fun |
| Sting takes silver medal for GB as he comes 2nd in Olympic tantric sex final | 6 | |
charlies_hat | 30.07.12 7:56am Perks |
| Obamacare takes the silver in national health championships. "Just you wait until the dental event!" said the smiling President... |
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Maverick | 30.07.12 7:25am Maverick |
| Satirists strangely quiet about NHS promo in opening ceremony. World wide audience bemused and confused... |
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Maverick | 30.07.12 7:24am Maverick |
| Warren commission denies anyone was on the grassy knoll at the opening ceremony. | 0 | |
Maverick | 30.07.12 7:21am Maverick |
| Euphoria as GB girls fail to win their races | 0 | |
medici2471 | 30.07.12 6:45am medici2471 |
| Soldiers step into replace missing athletes... First we had soldiers stepping into to fill in the gap left by G4S and as if that wasn't embarrassing enough for LOCOG they then had to bring in extra soldiers to fill in the empty seats in many of... |
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hardev | 29.07.12 10:30pm hardev |
| Queen plays Helen Mirren. More soon. Bit late, I know... |
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Al OPecia | 29.07.12 10:16pm hardev |
| ELITE ATHLETE PRAISES ‘DARWIN’ FOR HIS ATHLETIC PROWESS Olympic hopeful Mark Jones, from Bournemouth, yesterday won the 400 meter hurdles at the Olympic Trials in a new world record of 46.5 seconds. Mark, a graduate from Cambridge University, was... |
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spur of the moment | 29.07.12 8:04pm Cheshire Cat |
| India storm to top the 2012 Olympics Offended Nations table The entire Indian Olympic contingent stormed to the top of the offended nations table after a post-graduate woman from Bangalore gatecrashed the team's entrance to the opening ceremony procession,... |
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ginty | 29.07.12 7:44pm ginty |
| Acceptability of edgy comedy to be determined by Hawkeye The Hawkeye system used in cricket and tennis is to be trialled in the world of comedy to establish definitively whether an attempt at a joke crosses the line or not. Each joke is automatically... |
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Midfield Diamond | 29.07.12 6:29pm quango |
| Olympic Games may close “as early as Thursday” Olympic Games may close “as early as Thursday” Empty seats, indicating widespread public indifference, may bring about a premature end to the 30th modern Olympiad, with some commentators... |
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backwards7 | 29.07.12 5:38pm backwards7 |
| Dressage to feature land mines 'to make it more interesting' | 1 | |
Scroat | 29.07.12 3:17pm dvo4fun |
| Top Ram Causes Mass Bleatings and Sheep Stampedes Top Ram Causes Mass Bleatings and Sheep Stampedes The Top Ram, known to initiate lots of bleatings such as “Wolves don’t kill sheep, sheep do, bleat bleat.” and “Sheep have the right to bear... |
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Cheshire Cat | 29.07.12 12:48pm Cheshire Cat |
| Many empty seats at Womens Beach Volleyball, though mens toilet cubicles full. | 0 | |
MADJEZ | 29.07.12 11:53am MADJEZ |
| Tony Blair : opening ceremony not a patch on Millenium dome. | 0 | |
MADJEZ | 29.07.12 11:45am MADJEZ |
| Rivals claim Lewis Hamilton used Olympic lane to get pole position. | 0 | |
MADJEZ | 29.07.12 11:42am MADJEZ |
| Pooh Bear livid at opening ceremony snub. | 5 | |
MADJEZ | 29.07.12 11:37am |
| GB Olympic grammar team; "Medalling is a big ask." The British team for the Olympic Grammar Team have admitted that their chance of winning a medal is low, or to quote them "The team are giving 1000%, but to medal they have to give greater than... |
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apepper | 29.07.12 11:24am apepper |
| Archery contest moved to Bow and Harrow | 1 | |
Perks | 29.07.12 11:00am |
| Additional 150,000 troops deployed to fill empty seats gap | 1 | |
tedweasel | 29.07.12 10:33am Perks |
| Team GB to donate medals to nations with low self esteem Team GB to donate medals to nations with low self esteem A disappointing first day at the Olympics for Team GB has been branded a triumph by UK organisers. Speaking from his throne room in... |
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backwards7 | 29.07.12 9:18am backwards7 |
| Outrage as Johnny Foreigner fails to let Brits win Britain’s bicyclists were today crying foul after the beastly foreigners did not let Mark Cavendish win the bicycle race. A spokesman said “Our lads were doing really well till some foreigners... |
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PeterB | 29.07.12 8:07am PeterB |
| Amish community divided over invention of ‘corn doll’ jet engine Amish leaders are locked in vigorous debate after a member of their community accidentally reinvented the jet engine. Hand-woven and finished off with a short length of ribbon, the three-stage corn... |
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29.07.12 8:07am riesler |
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| Pharmaceutical company takes early lead in Olympic constructors championship. Pharmaceutical company EpoPharma has taken an early lead in the Olympic constructors championship after winning gold across a number of events on the first day of Olympic competition. The CEO of... |
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Ian | 29.07.12 7:59am Yikes |
| Geoffrey Hughes has kicked the Bouquet. RIP,, Loved your characters,Eddie Yeats and Onslow... |
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Zen | 29.07.12 5:32am Gerontius |
| BBC criticised for reporting news not happening in East London The BBC has faced criticism today for making the editorial decision to report on so-called ‘news’ that is not being made in East London. The BEEB has been labled as ‘unpatriotic’ after the... |
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Perks | 28.07.12 11:16pm Perks |
| New iPhone needs 6 fingers per hand Apple are facing criticism from some users after it was revealed that the new version of the iPhone will require six finger gestures for some operations. One user grumbled, "It's ridiculous; I'm... |
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apepper | 28.07.12 11:04pm Zen |
| Olympics Q&A with Harriet Harman With the Olympics finally getting underway after months of anticipation we caught up with Shadow Deputy Prime Minister, Harriet Harman, to find out what is exciting her about London 2012. Q: After... |
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Vertically Challenged Giant | 28.07.12 10:16pm Perks |
| "We should have used Robin Hood" admit team GB Team GB admitted tonight that more of an effort should have been made to get Robin Hood into the men's archery team. The admission came after the men were knocked out of the competition by some... |
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Psycadelic Squirrel | 28.07.12 6:58pm Psycadelic Squirrel |
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